paul wheaton

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Paul Wheaton, The Duke of Permaculture, is an author, producer, certified advanced master gardener, and owner of. He has created hundreds of youtube videos, hundreds of podcasts, multiple DVDs, and written dozens of articles and a book. As the lead mad scientist at Wheaton Labs, he's conducted experiments resulting in rocket stoves and ovens, massive earthworks, solar dehydrators and much more.
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andres is now designing the box for the cards ...
5 hours ago
feeling pretty confident at saying:

we will launch monday at 2pm mountain time


7 hours ago
tell me more about the onion issues.
This year we are planting more sunchokes and kale inside the paddock, while eating up the walking onions inside the paddock.  

We are currently eating up the kale outside of the paddock.  

We are tossing more walking onion tops outside of the paddock.

While the deer destroy sunchoke tops in the fall, the sunchokes will come back next year.  ...   unless ....  


we did grow sunchokes in a few spots where the deer got to them.  After three years the sunchokes are all gone.  This was entirely in places where the soil was poor and there was zero irrigation.  So the sunchokes could not survive a full three-prong attack of growing in gravel, exposed to deer and zero irrigation.  

We currently have some sunchokes growing where the deer can get them and we are working on improving the soil and gave them some irrigation this year.
Before i can write the book, i need to have at least one success story!
I like the idea of limiting the idea to three crops.  To that end, I have been fishing for anything that might work their way onto this list.  

I do think there could, someday, be #4 to try later.  I'm not yet sure what that might be.  


All that said, I like the idea that somebody might plant 4 sunchokes, 4 walking onions, and scatter a packet of kale seeds ...   then forget about all that and come back 2 years later and there is enough food to feed a family of four all winter.  


I like the idea of, in time, a bunch of us try this.  And we help a friend get it started.  And some day we say something like "30 minutes of gardening produces $200,000 worth of food."   So we demonstrate a dozen times the "30 minutes of gardening" part and then demonstrate the "ignore" phase.   And then, two years later, show the harvest phase.  And three years later.  And each year for many years after that.  The idea is that this the foundation.  This foundation erases the misconceptions of people spending $1000 and 100 hours to get $50 worth of food.


Andres made a video for the kickstarter!  I think it looks good!   Maybe we can share it later today!

1 day ago
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Roundhouse Studio Plans Package & Earthbag Building Guide eBook
by Owen Geiger (courtesy of Kelly Hart)
These plans are available as digital PDF files and are offered by Dr. Owen Geiger as complete and ready to build from. They include necessary elevations, floorplans, cross section details, and other significant construction details.



Finding the Perfect Homestead Property Course (2 Lessons)
by Curtis Stone
Join Curtis Stone, for 2 sample lessons from the epic online course Finding the Perfect Homestead Property. Find your dream homestead property using a simple 3-part framework & Google Earth Pro.



PawPaw Quick Start Guide (Video and eBook)
by Michael Judd
Learn from master gardener, Michael Judd, to enrich your knowledge and connection with PawPaws, through this introductory taster package.  Enjoy the first lesson from Michael's online pawpaw course plus the info-packed Resources chapter from his book.



Boosting Your Garden Yields by Growing Algae presentation
by Matt Huber
From the 'Best of' series of talks put together by the Superfood Garden Summit, Matt Huber's informative talk about boosting your garden yields by growing algae is now available to stream.



Wooden Door with Mycelium Insulation and Proenneke Hinge Guide and Plans
by Andres Bernal
Step by step guide plan for a wooden door with mycelium insulation and a Proenneke hinge designed by Beau Davidson and made during the Permaculture Technology Jamboree 2022 at Wheaton Labs, and part of the Low Tech Laboratory Movie.



Permaculture Guilds Training Session
by Permaculture Gardens
An online training session on the topic of Guilds and Companion Planting.



Hugelkultur: The Ultimate Raised-Bed Gardening eBook (Draft)
by Paul Wheaton
Learn the why's and how to's of hugelkultur from the Duke himself.



Easy Homemade Body Products eBook
by Merissa A. Alink
Dive into the world of making your own homemade body products and skip all the scary ingredients in the store bought lotions.



Composting Toilet Design Plan PDF
by Rancho Mastatal
Rancho Mastatal have put together a document that outlines how their composting toilets are designed and made.



The Design and Build of the Giant Solar Food Dehydrator Movie
by Paul Wheaton
Follow along with the group as they discuss the merits of design elements, and then go on to the build of the dehydrator and get great insight into how to proceed when building your own.



Save Our Bees - Your Guide To Creating A Bee Friendly Environment eBook
by Jason Johns
A comprehensive guide to show you what you can do to save our dwindling bee population.



DIY Specialty Soaps eBook
by The Nerdy Farm Wife
The Nerdy Farm Wife presents an essential 55 page guide to making your own soaps, shampoo bars, solid dish & laundry soaps, rice water soaps and salt & brine bars.  With over 28 creative & useful recipes, images and easy to understand instructions, you'll be making top notch homemade products in no time.



Building a Cob Style Rocket Mass Heater - HD instant view
by Paul Wheaton
Watch how they built a cob style rocket mass heater at Wheaton Labs.



Earthen Walls Webinar
by Natalie Bogwalker of Wild Abundance
Detailing the background, pros, and cons of 9 different earthen wall systems: adobe, rammed earth, cob, earthbag, slip straw, hempcrete, log, cordwood, and strawbale.



Paul Wheaton Podcast Review of Botany in a Day by Thomas Elpel
by Paul Wheaton
Listen to Paul as he talks about how Botany in a Day is changing the way people learn about plants.



Wildcrafting Weeds eBook
by Colleen Codekas & Joel Schwartz
Wildcrafting Weeds: 20 Easy to Forage Edible and Medicinal Plants teaches beginning foragers how to identify common edible and medicinal plants. You’ll learn straightforward techniques and recipes to forage and use wild weeds with confidence!



Building a Better World in Your Backyard eBook
This book is full of practical projects you can do today, right where you live, to make a difference in your life and in the world.



45 Low Tech Things Webinar Recording
by Paul Wheaton
In this recorded presentation and discussion, Paul covered 45 Low Tech Things - an extension of and update to his famous 72 Bricks to Build a Better World keynote from Permaculture Voices.


 
Issue 110 & Issue 118
by Permaculture Design Magazine
Digital issues 110 'Permaculture Ethics' and 118 'Wild Yields' from the wonderful Permaculture Design Magazine.



Practical Mending eBook
by Kate Downham
Create resilience and reduce waste with this helpful guide that teaches you about what you will need to get started, and the techniques to repair damaged clothes and make them wearable again. Suitable for complete beginners and up.



Cooking with a Rocket Oven (Video)
by Paul Wheaton
In this 19 minute video, Erica shows us how to cook in a rocket oven.



Thermophilic Compost For the Garden and Homestead PDF
by Alan Booker
Alan Booker's notes on Making Thermophilic Compost for the Garden or Homestead.



Paul Wheaton Podcast Gob: 281-320
by Paul Wheaton huckleberry
Listen to 40 of Paul's podcasts, all in one sitting, if you dare! Interviews with Willie Smits, Diana Leafe Christian, Geoff Lawton, bees, Permaculture Voices and so much more!




6 Issues of Tiny House Magazine
Tiny House Magazine is a digital magazine dedicated to micro, tiny, small, and otherwise non-traditional housing. All of the 2023 issues are featured here as one purchase (Issues 126-131), to build your tiny house info library!



Helen Atthowe's Backyard Food Forest - Webinar Recording
In this webinar, Helen goes over the 10 principles of managing ecological relationships, soil health, and how to start your own Backyard Food Forest.




Water Biofilters and Composting Toilet Systems with Tim Barker - Presentation from Online PDC/ATC
by Paul Wheaton
This presentation is 2hrs and 3 minutes long (HD Streaming) and is one of many presentations given during the full 133 hours of recorded PDC & ATC presentations



Why Chickens are the Enablers and Heroes of Permaculture Design Workshop
by Patricia Foreman (courtesy of Diego Footer)
This cutting-edge workshop explores the ever-expanding ways to employ chickens to help navigate these transition times. Learn how family flocks create & enhance food-growing topsoils, help grow vegetables, berries, nuts & fruits, sequester carbon and decrease carbon foot-prints and even be be part of emergency preparedness plans—all the while saving community taxes. Understand that employing family flocks is truly a community service.



Living Wood magazine - Issue 6
Living Woods is a quarterly magazine for everyone who loves woodland, trees and timber. So whether you dream of owning your own woodland, want to learn new and exciting woodland skills and activities or simply want to enjoy the therapy of quiet, green woodworking, Living Woods Magazine will show you the way.



Core Site Layout: Zone 1 Site Planning Online Workshop
by Ben Falk
In this workshop, Ben Falk navigates through various aspects of effective "Zone 1" planning and design – helping you understand the principles behind optimizing your immediate living area for sustainability and productivity.



Saving Our Seeds eBook – The Practice & Philosophy
by Bevin Cohen
A great how-to guide, leading the reader step by step through the process of saving their seeds from 43 different crops; from adzuki beans to wheat and everything in between.



Celery Wine: The Story of a Country Commune eBook
by Elaine Sundancer (courtesy of Foundation for Intentional Community)
Celery Wine is the touching true story of moving to a country community in the wilds of Oregon in the early 1970’s. The book includes practical tips, funny and inspiring stories, delicious recipes, and good lessons about what works and what doesn’t – in life and in communities.



The Beginning Gardener's Toolbox eBook
by Carly MacQuarrie of The Little Green Shoot
Everything you need to create your dream garden space any time of year, even in the city. Aimed at beginners, it also has some worksheets that could come in handy for gardeners at any stage looking to get a bit better organized!


How to Bake without Baking Powder eBook
by Leigh Tate
Baking powder has a limited shelf life, but with this PDF eBook from Leigh Tate's The Little Series of Homestead How-Tos, you will be able to create your own leavening power through basic kitchen chemistry.


Northern Great Basin Restoration Agriculture Biome Models Presentation
by Neil Bertrando
This presentation contains fairly extensive species lists for each biome type, provides examples of various landscape positions and potential multi-species plantings that fit into each position.




 


4 days ago

i'm paul wheaton and this is my 16th kickstarter.

when you are bonkers about permaculture, you might seem a bit crazy to friends and family.  

12 years ago we came out with a deck of permaculture playing cards.  The idea was to give decks to people, as gifts, so you seem less crazy. It worked so well, people asked for another deck!  We slowly put together a list of more than 100 card ideas, took the best, and we now present "the purple deck!"

The magic is that you give a deck of cards to somebody that thinks you are crazy.  They open the deck and look at two cards, giving each of the two cards seven seconds of their time.  We hope to hook them into permaculuture in two cards!

Is there enough interest in these cards to get them printed?



Now recorded.  I hope to see a first draft of a video from andres soon!
5 days ago
Andres and i are trying to figure out "one eyed jacks"  - the jack of spades and the jack of hearts.  

One of the attempts

5 days ago